Supermicro Does Super Job with Super Server

Super Server Done a Super Job by Supermicro

Supermicro feels that no name better suites their 1U server than “Super Server.”
A quick work of Windows Server 2008 does the Super Server 6015C-M3 work.
Some 1U (1.75-inch) servers treat Microsoft’s Windows Server like kryptonite. The Super Server avoids those perils by cranking up the horsepower with support for two dual-core/quad-core Intel Xeon Processor 5100/5200/5300/5400 sequence (with 2MB Level 2 integrated advanced transfer cache per core, 4MB L2 cache total, up to 3.40 GHz) and 48GB of DDR (double data rate) 2 533/667 registered memory.
Two Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN 82573L adapters, an LSI 1068E PCI-E SAS controller and a motherboard loaded with real-time sensors, peeking under the cape reveals an Intel Blackford VS5100 chip set.

Measuring just 1.7 inches high, 17.2 inches wide and 19.8 inches in depth, all of those components are crammed into a low cost server that is not much bigger than a pizza box. Thanks to ample cooling, administrators will not have to worry about the unit burning the pepperoni or melting the cheese.
All accessible from the front of the unit, SuperMicro was able to make room for an optical drive and four 3.5-inch hot-swappable SAS drive trays. High-efficiency power supply provides the electrons to fire the beast up and keep it running.
Provides easy access to the internals, thanks to sliding rail mounts and a push button accessed by the flip-up hood it also uses a solid design that keeps the case.The unit is easy to install and maintain and it will not need Lois Lane to turn it on. Provide a quick snapshot of the Super Server’s health for those pesky Jimmy Olson types will appreciate all of the integrated device monitoring capabilities.
Equipped it with a pair of Harpertown (Xeon E5450 3GHz) CPUs, 6GB of DDR2 RAM and a Fujitsu 147GB SAS 15K 3.5-inch hard drive a testing was sent over Super Server with Supermicro. That configuration that should cost an integrator around $1,500.
We took the unit for a test drive when we installed Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (64-bit). The system went from “no OS” to a member of our domain in less than an hour and the installation was quite fast.
To take a peek at performance, we threw the 64-bit version of  Passmark’s Performance Test on the system and were rewarded with an impressive Passmark rating of 2885—performance ample enough to make short work of Microsoft’s new arrivals of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and supermicro servers.
System builders can expect to pay around $750 for a bare-bones unit. Complete specs can be found at Supermicro.